# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [December 24, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604 "2021-12-24T21:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 65
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1281 "2022-02-10T23:46:33Z")
You mean ASIDE? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1282 "2022-02-10T23:46:43Z")
He didn’t say they were anagrams for _each other._ ---
**Author:** ![Petek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/petek/32/1590_2.png) [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1283 "2022-02-11T03:25:33Z")
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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1284 "2022-02-11T05:20:18Z")
A three streak begins with my second three in a row: Wordle 237 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Took me like five solid minutes to come up with my second guess, and then another five solid minutes to come up with the third. I was pretty happy with both. SOUND BUILT ULCER ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1285 "2022-02-11T08:58:14Z")
Looks like the game is officially on [nytimes.com](http://nytimes.com) now. I checked the source code and aside from moving the URLs of the .js files it looks pretty much the same for now (the unencrypted list of correct answers in sequential order is still there), so hopefully it’ll be awhile before they paywall it, start in with feature creep, or run articles about what an undecided voter at a diner in Ohio thinks about today’s word. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1286 "2022-02-11T09:12:42Z")
Took a while to come up with third guess, then the fourth was quick. Wordle 237 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ORATE RIDES LURER ULCER ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1287 "2022-02-11T10:14:50Z")
Wordle 237 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST CRUEL ULCER Turned it into an anagram and it still took me a couple of minutes… ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1288 "2022-02-11T11:26:27Z")
Huh. A little tough today (and another damn 4). @Fiendish_Astronaut - your 2nd guess was my third. Wordle 237 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1289 "2022-02-11T12:03:22Z")
Wordle 237 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It came quickly for me today. I dont know what my streak was but now it is one. I didnt think about turning on the hard mode until after my first guess, but i followed the rules anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1290 "2022-02-11T12:31:40Z")
Wordle 237 4/6 - that third guess was so close and so far away. ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BEAST WHILE CRUEL ULCER ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1291 "2022-02-11T12:37:07Z")
The mobile version doesn’t appear to be redirecting to NY Times yet. My streak remains intact. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1292 "2022-02-11T12:42:53Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > The mobile version doesn’t appear to be redirecting to NY Times yet. My streak remains intact My streak carried over intact onto the NY Times version. For now, it looks like they’ve just imported the existing source code onto their site and fixed the relevant URLs. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1293 "2022-02-11T12:55:30Z")
Whoa, Nellie! Thought I was going to lose. Wordle 237 6/6 Wordle 237 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1294 "2022-02-11T14:32:41Z")
> **Wordle 237 4/6 2/11/2022** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PA_U_S_E_ β†’ Baby needs some consonants… > _RUL_ **E** D β†’ (Probably) not a past tense verb; rearrange to try… > G_RU_ **E** _L_ β†’ Dang it, didn’t move the U around… OK, if it’s in front, with L in second, try… > **ULCER** > > Should have had it in 3; I was thinking about β€˜UN’ words but then thought of my guess without realizing I got no more information about where to place the β€˜U’. I guess hard mode doesn’t stop guessing the same letter in the same place again, though that’s how I (usually) try to play it… ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1295 "2022-02-11T14:36:41Z")
Wordle 237 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Cheat Price Ocker Ulcer Was surprised 3rd row word is a word! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1296 "2022-02-11T16:27:40Z")
Starting a 3 streak of my own, hopefully. Wordle 237 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUSE TUNER ULCER ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1297 "2022-02-11T16:48:10Z")
I’ve only been on a four-or-more streak since I started publishing my results here. Hmmm. If I get another four tomorrow, it will tie my number of threes. Wordle 237 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE MOWER FLYER ULCER I saw the shift to the NY Times this morning because I had to re-set to Dark Mode. My stats did come along. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1298 "2022-02-11T17:30:29Z")
My streak hit 50 today! (well, very early this morning) People are looking at the predetermined answers list in the code? You’re missing out on all the fun! Here are the last 50 answers. This is since Christmas Eve, when I started playing. IIRC, that’s when this thread started too. **WORDLE β€” since 24 Dec 2021** WEARY β€” started on 24 Dec 2021; hosted on [powerlanguage.co.uk](http://powerlanguage.co.uk) PICKY ACUTE FERRY ASIDE TAPIR TROLL UNIFY β€” 31 Dec 2021 REBUS β€” 01 Jan 2022 BOOST β€” 10/10, 02 Jan 2022 TRUSS SIEGE TIGER BANAL SLUMP CRANK GORGE QUERY DRINK FAVOR β€” 20/20, 12 Jan ABBEY TANGY PANIC SOLAR SHIRE PROXY POINT ROBOT PRICK WINCE β€” 30/30, 22 Jan CRIMP KNOLL SUGAR WHACK MOUNT PERKY COULD WRUNG LIGHT THOSE β€” 40/40, 01 Feb MOIST SHARD PLEAT ALOFT SKILL ELDER FRAME HUMOR PAUSE β€” the last day on [powerlanguage.co.uk](http://powerlanguage.co.uk) ULCER β€” 50/50, 11 Feb; it’s now on [nytimes.com](http://nytimes.com) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1299 "2022-02-11T17:51:32Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > A few months ago, i entered my usual IDEAS as my first guess. All letters appeared in yrllow. It didn’t take me long to figure that IDEAS and ARISE are anagrams. Whoops! I meant ASIDE. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1300 "2022-02-11T18:00:02Z")
Doggone it, I’m not getting the share link. \ Ah, hah. Wordle 237 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604.md?page=66)